t might seem an unusual homage for proud Arkansas Razorbacks fans, but Eric England’s choice of a pig-faced evil villain in his horror movie is meant to be just that.

A former Russellville Cyclone, England is considered a triple threat now that he is a writer, director and producer of films. He will be at Hastings at noon on Tuesday in Russellville for the release of his DVD, “Madison County.”

The movie centers around a group of college students who travel to a small mountain town named Madison County to interview an author of a tell-all book detailing murders that took place in the town. When the students arrive in town, not only is the author nowhere to be found, the townspeople say the author has not been seen in years and that the murders never took place.

Soon, the students’ research and nosing around for the truth turns into more than just a nightmare as they come face to face with the crazed villain, aka Damien, the pig-man.

The movie is said to be loosely based on actual events that happened to England during visits to his grandpa’s house in Madison County, Ark.

“I tried to come up with a way to weave the actual events that inspired the story into my narrative for the film,” England told The Courier. “No one died, and there was never any killer wearing a pig on his head.”

Instead, England said the film was based on different situations, in particular, the odd feelings he sometimes felt as a young boy during encounters with the locals. He said his grandpa told him people liked living in Madison County because of the seclusion and did not want to be bothered by others.

“Once when I was younger, I was riding a 4-wheeler in the back roads and ran out of gas,” England said. “I walked for probably two miles until I could finally see a house at the end of a hill. I had to walk through a farm to reach it, and there was an older gentleman sitting on the front porch. He watched me walking the entire time and when I reached the porch to ask him for assistance, he just stared right through me like I wasn’t there. He never even spoke.”

England said as he reflected on that experience and others, he began to wonder what would have happened had he been in serious trouble. That experience, combined with others throughout the years, manifested in the form of a script for “Madison County.”

The movie was filmed over a 20-day period in Northwest Arkansas on a budget of $70,000 and debuted to a sold-out crowd in October at Screamfest LA 2011 at Grauman’s Mann Chinese Theater.

England is a 2006 graduate of RHS and 2008 graduate of the Los Angeles Film School. England said his next project, “Contracted,” is edgier than his previous films and scheduled to begin filming just days after he returns to LA from Russellville.